Car Tires

A deputy working a DUI saturation patrol in the wee hours of Sunday morning tried to stop a woman, later identified as Laura Ann Rager, for speeding 28-miles over the limit on U.S. 1 while traveling in her white Toyota, according to a news release from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

Rager pulled over but then took off just as the deputy was getting out of the car,. She reached speeds of up to 120-miles-per-hour, crossing both the white and yellow lines of the roadway and forcing cars off the roadway, according to the release.

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